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Food plays a vital role in the vibrant celebrations that mark Diwali, Deepavali, Bandi Chhor Diwas and Tihar, a festival of light and hope that happens around this time every year.
Special dishes, snacks and sweets are a key part of the joyful and meaningful traditions celebrated during this time, as is the sharing of meals and connecting with friends and family. SBS Food, SBS Audio and SBS On Demand are serving up a delicious spread of recipes, stories, podcasts, movies and more to mark this wonderful celebration.
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Chana magaj Credit: Alan Benson
Anchal Verma's mango ladoo.
You can also explore beautiful personal stories of Diwali traditions, such as these:
Festival of Flavours with Kishwar Chowdhury
Kishwar Chowdhury and the Nara family.
Sandeep Pandi shares four sweet Diwali recipes
Sandesh Source: SBS
My Diwali podcast
Depinder Chibber with her husband and daughter. Credit: SBS Audio
Read more , including , made in the microwave.
Quick & easy recipe
Kalakand (Indian milk cake)
Travel, eat, explore
Jalebi
SBS Food (Channel 33) celebrates Diwali 6-17 November. Tune in for David Rocco’s India at 4pm Monday to Friday, followed at 5pm by the six-part series Rick Stein’s India from 6-13 November, then special episodes of other shows including India Unplated and The Cook Up on 14-17 November. (Check the for full details). Look out, too, for the final episode of Luke Nguyen's India (8.30 pm Thursday 6 November on SBS Food), which sees Luke finishing his South Indian adventure at a vibrant Diwali celebration.
And while it's not food, fans of Bettany Hughes can also travel India from north to south in good company in the two-part series Treasures of India with Bettany Hughes, screening Sunday November 5 and 12 at 7.30pm.
SBS On Demand also has a , where you can see Rick Stein, Adam Liaw, Luke Nguyen, Helly Raichura, Adam D’Sylva, Sandeep Pandit, Anthony Bourdain and more, sharing or learning about Indian and Asian food and Diwali recipes.
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Festival of Lights
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A feast of film
SBS On Demand is also home to a centred on many of the cultures that celebrate the Festival Of Lights. Explore collections centred on some of the key themes of Diwali: ; ; ; and . There’s something for everyone here, whether you want vibrant musical romance or thoughtful stories based on true life. There’s starring Dev Patel as Srinivasa Ramanujan, an exceptionally gifted mathematician navigating Trinity College in Cambridge; the rousing and true story of women in the film industry in Women Beyond Bollywood (arrives 9 November at SBS On Demand; also on SBS VICELAND on Sunday 12 November at 9.30pm); acclaimed feminist comedy-drama ; Hindi romantic musical starring celebrated Indian actors Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai as a married couple gone wrong; and Bangladeshi drama where progressive sculpture artist Rudro moves to a local village only to attract suspicion when the fish start to disappear.
Bara Credit: Alan Benson
You'll be laughing, thinking - and probably hungry (we suggest a platter of , the delicious deep-fried lentil dumplings pictured above, would be right at home). Watch the trailer and you'll see what we mean:
Food and film lovers may especially enjoy Gulabjaam (streaming now , a Marathi film that sees Aditya, a banker based in London, travel to Pune to learn how to cook Marathi dishes from Rahda; the eternally popular Lunchbox (airing 11.55am 12 November on World Movies); and The Boot Cake (streaming now ), a documentary by Australian filmmaker Kathryn Millard that tells a story of hope and resilience about a small desert town in Indian, home to earthquake survivors, that's throwing a birthday party for Charlie Chaplin - cake included.
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The Boot Cake
